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In 1823, James Weddell visited the islands, gave the archipelago its present name (after the Orkney Islands in the north of Scotland) and also renamed some of the islands. The South Orkney Islands are located at roughly the same latitude south as the Orkney Islands are north (60°S vs 59°N), although it is not known if this was a factor behind ...
Module:Location map/data/South Orkney Islands is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of South Orkney Islands. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
وحدة:Location map/data/South Orkney Islands; وحدة:Location map/data/South Orkney Islands/شرح; جزر أوركني الجنوبية; Usage on ast.wikipedia.org Espedición Antártica Nacional Escocesa; Usage on az.wikipedia.org Cənubi Orkney adaları; Koroneyşen; Pauell adası; Siqni adası; Lori adası; Usage on be.wikipedia.org
Orkney islands map This is a list of Orkney islands in Scotland. The Orkney archipelago is located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of mainland Scotland and comprises over 70 islands and skerries, of which 20 are permanently inhabited. In addition to the Orkney Mainland there are three groups of islands. The North and South Isles lie respectively north and south of Mainland. The Pentland Skerries ...
Map of Orkney showing main transport routes. Orkney is separated from the mainland of Scotland by the Pentland Firth, a ten-kilometre-wide (6 mi) seaway between Brough Ness on the island of South Ronaldsay and Duncansby Head in Caithness. [109]
With an area of 4,980 hectares (19.2 square miles), it is the fourth largest of the Orkney islands after The Mainland, Hoy and Sanday. [4] Ferries sail from Burwick on the island to John o' Groats on the Scottish mainland and from St Margaret's Hope to Gills Bay. [9] South Ronaldsay's main village is St Margaret's Hope, Orkney's third largest ...
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Blank map of the Orkney Islands (excluding Sule Stack and Sule Skerry), UK with the following information shown: Administrative borders; Coastline, lakes and rivers; Roads and railways; Urban areas; Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 180% Geographic limits: West: 3.50W; East: 2.35W; North: 59.42N; South: 58.60N ...